Tank-heater



No. 609,949. Patented Aug. 30, I898. 9. SCHNEIDER & w; H. HILL.

TANK HEATER.

(Application filed Jan. 25, 1898.) (No Model.)

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GOTTLIEB SCHNEID R AND WILBER I II or KENDALLVILLE, INDIANA.

TAN K-H EATER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters raent No. 609,949, dated Augustso, 1898. Application filed Jamm 25,1898, Serial NB. 67,905. on model.)

vices for heating water for agricultural or other purposes, the heaterbeing submerged in the water to be heated.

The purpose of the invention is to provide a heater of the characteraforesaid which will be simple in construction and comparativelyinexpensive and which will admit of the fire being easily controlled,according tothe temperature of the water and the bulk thereof to beheated.

Other objects and advantages are contemplated and will appear in thecourse of the following description, and to a full understanding thereofreference is to be had to the accompanying drawings,in whichcorresponding and like parts are indicated by the same referencecharacters in all the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the heater. Fig. 2 is a verticalcentral section thereof. Figs. 3 and 5 indicate different means forsecuring the heater in a barrel or tank. Fig. 4: is a detail view inperspective of a notched bracket. Fig. 6 is a detail section on the line00 0c of Fig. 2.

The heater may be of any form and size, according to the style of tankinto which it .is to be placed and to meet the work required thereof. Asshown, the body 1 of the heater is of circular form and is closed at itstop by a cover composed ofsections 2 and 3, the sec tion 2 having adepending flange, which is riveted, bolted, or otherwise secured to thetop edge portion of the body 1 and the section 3 being hinged at itsinner edge to the section 2, so as to be turned upward and back ward atits free edge to admitof access to the interior of the heater for anydesired purpose. The body 1 is closed at its bottom in such a manner asto exclude water. Brackets 4 are secured to the opposite ends of therods 7, according to the manner of securing the heater within the tank.

A grate is located within the lower portion of the heater and iscomposed of a stationary part 8 and a movable part 9, the latter beinghinged to the section 8 and supported at its free end upon stops 10,secured to the sides of the heater. An inclined plate 11 is locatedimmediately below the fixed section 8, and its loweredge overhangs anash-pan 12, which is removably fitted within' the heater and which isadapted to be withdrawn therefrom after the sections 3 and 9 of thecover and grate have been thrown backward out of the way by means of ahooked rod or other implement engaged with a bail or handle 13, ap-.plied to the said ash-pan. The draft for sup? porting combustion issupplied to the fire by means of a vertical air-passage 14: at the innersideof the heater, and this air-passage is formed by means of a strip ofsheet metal curved or deflected between its longitudinal edges andhaving the latter riveted or otherwise secured to the sides of thebody 1. The

air-passage may terminate at' any convenient point with reference to theplane of the grate, either above or below, the latter construction beingpreferable, as the air is admitted into the space belowthe grate and canthen pass upward through the fire from all points. The smoke-pipe 15 isfitted to a collar formed with or applied to the fixed part 2 of thecover. If it be required to sc cure the heater to the bottom of a barrelor tank, as 16, a plate 17 is secured to the bottom side of the heaterand has its end portions projecting beyond the sides thereof andnotched, as shown at 18, for the reception of the vertical rods 7, whichhave their lower ends headed and engaged with the terminal portions of acorresponding plate 19, secured to the bottom of the tank. The otherends of the vertical rods 7 are hooked or bent inwardly and engaged withthe brackets 4 in the manner set forth and most clearly'indicated inFig. 5. When it is required to remove the heater from the tank, his onlynecessary to disengage the upper ends of the rods 7 from the brackets 4,which operation can be easily efiected by moving the rods 7 outward attheir upper ends.

In some cases it is desirous to secure the heater to the upper portionof the tank, and to attain this end brackets or plates 20 are secured toopposite sides of the tank and extend above the same, their upperportions having inclined notches 21 to receive the end portions of thetransverse rod 6, which latter is thrust through the openings 5 of thebrackets 4. Byhaving the notches 21 inclined the rod 6 is not liable toeasy displacement, the upward tendency of the heater when submergedserving to hold the end portions of the rod at the inner upper ends ofthe notches 21. The notches 21 are formed in opposite edges of thebrackets or plates 20, thereby admitting of the end portions of the rodsbeing disengaged therefrom by giving the heater a slight turn, as willbe readily comprehended.

\Vhile it is preferred to have the air-passage 14 located diametricallyopposite the smoke-pipe 15, as a better draft is secured, it is obviousthat it may be placed at any desired point with reference to the heaterand pipe 15.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed, and desired to besecured by Letters Patent, is

1. In a tank-heater, the combination of a grate located in the lowerportion thereof and comprising a fixed and a movable section, an

ash-pan located in the space formed between the grate and the bottom ofthe heater and directly below the movable section of the grate, and aplate placed beneath the fixed section of the grate and incliningdownwardly and toward the ash-pan to direct the ashes thereto,substantially as set forth.

2. In a tank-heater, the combination with the tank, and heater, of aplate secured to the bottom of the tank, a corresponding plate securedto the bottom of the heater and having its end portions projecting,brackets secured to the upper portion of the heater and havingopenings,and vertically-disposed rods having their lower ends secured tothe terminal portions of the plates attached to the bottom of the tankand engaging with the end portion of the plate applied to the bottom ofthe heater, and having their upper ends bent and adapted to makedetachable connection with the aforesaid brackets, substantially asdescribed.

3. The herein-described tank-heater, comprising a body having an innervertical airpassage at one side, and a smoke-outlet at the oppositeside, a grate secured within the lower portion of the body andcomprising a fixed and a hinged section, the latter clearing the lowerend of the air-passage, an ashpan removably inserted within the body ofthe heater, a plate placed beneath the fixed part of the grate andadapted to direct the ashes falling thereon into the ash-pan, and acover having a relatively-fixed part supporting the smoke-pipe, and amovable partclearing the upper end of the aforesaid air-passage andadapted to be turned aside to permit of the removal of the ash-pan,substantially as set forth.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we have heretoaffixed our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

GOTTLIEB SCHNEIDER. WILBER H. I-IILL.

Witnesses:

R. B. EMERSON, H. D. BRAOE.

